Desk-calendar stand.



A. A. MALYSKO. DESK' CALENDAR STAND.

Famed Dec; 18,1917.

APPLICATION FILED mu 3. 1911f expose the succeeding leaves.

; UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER A. MALYSKO, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DESK-CALENDAR STAND.

Application filed July 3, 1917. Serial No. 178,470.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER A. MALY- SKO, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Desk-Calendar Stands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to stands for desk calendars composed of a pad of calendar leaves which are successively turned'over to The pad is supported on arched rods so that the leaves may be turned by transferring the same from one side of the archto the other. The invention has for its object to provide a novel and improved means for attaching the arched rods to a base whereby they are rendered readily removable from the base for the assembly and removal of the calendar leaves.

The object stated is attained by means of a combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, and in order that the same may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is aperspective view of the device;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view showing-the means for securing the arched filing and Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 5 denotes a suitable base having a slanting top on which the calendar leaves '6 are supported. From the top of the base rise two arched filing rods 7 on which the leaves are strung, they being provided with perforations adjacent to one edge through which the rods pass. The pad of cards is strung on one leg of the rod, and as each day passes the card bearing the date thereof is slid over the arch to the other "leg, face downward. leaving the face of the next card exposed. This is a well-known type of desk calendar, and a further description thereof is not deemed necessary.

In the under side or bottom of the base 5 is a circular recess 8 having a diameter corrods,

responding to the distance between the two arched rods 7 One leg of each arch is embedded in the base as shown at 9, and the tom of the base to format shoulder against 7 which the end of the leg seats,and whereby Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 18, 1917.

the leg is prevented from being pushed,

downward'too far. A portion of one of the legs of each arched rod is thus exposed in the recess 8, and in said exposed portion is a keeper notch 11 for alatch bar 12 mounted in the recess to swing about a central pivot screw 13. The length of the latch bar is such that when it is swung to extend between the two protruding leg ends, it seats in the notches 11 and thus prevents the arched rods from being pulled upward out of the base 5; When it becomesv necessary to remove the leaves 6, thelatch bar 12 is swung clear of the notches 11, whereupon the arched rods are released for removal from the base 5. The latch bar has a finger piece 14: to facilitate its operation, and it is housed in the recess 8, leaving the under side of the base 5 smooth and entirel free from ob structions.

I claim A calendar stand, comprising a base having a bottom recess and openings extending from the top to said recess, and continued through a portion of the side wall of the recess, the lower ends of the openings producing shoulders in the side wall of the recesses,

arched filing rods rising from the base and having one of thelr legs passing through the In testimony whereof I aifixmy signature.

ALEXANDER A. MA LYS KO.

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